[davehwm]

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many other users have reported the exact same thing.
it's the free searches that screwed u

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Really? I'm out of the loop on this one then. I'd love a technical explanation from someone who can explain how they detect such a thing. And, if they are detecting either 1) what you have open in your web browser 2) the information you're sending through an outside website -- what is the legality of this?

I can think of plenty of ways they can detect software being run 'on top of' or in conjunction with their software, but can't really imagine that they're monitoring information being sent through another website. An e-mail like that would lead me to believe that they're detecting either PT or Playerview.

I'm interested in this so I'm going to do a search, but would appreciate some insight.